At 07:14 3/31/98 -0500, you wrote: > I guess it's time to speak up. To much useless talk. >If your heads are pitted, use a belt sander to clean them, >as best you can. And reinstall. > > THE PROBLEM IS THE WATER THAT IS USED WITH THE ANTI-FREEZE >!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > >My Vanagon is proof of this. I did just this, put 70,000 miles >on the gasket job and not one problem. Never bothered with the >anti-freeze after that. > > Eric 86-VW4x4 > vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z > Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler
So - do we use distilled water, or softened water, or what? What is the source of your water? Chuck Kuecker ckuecker@mcs.net '83 Scirocco (Katy's car now) '58 Ghia Convert '75 Bug '67 Bug '63 Bug (*still* for sale) '91 Vanagon |
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